1 Table 6 

 Recommended Long-Term Water-Level Stations (Backbone Network) and 

 Required Short-Term Stations to Fill in Gaps for Support of USACE 

 Operations 



Station Name 



NOS Station No. 

 877- 



Comments 



NOS Chart Numbers 11332, 11342 

 Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, Port Arthur 



Sabine Pass 



0570 1 



NOS long-term station 



Mesquite Point 



0539 



Uncertain if this station is necessary - needs detailed 

 evaluation 



High Island 



0923 



Low waters being cut off; gauge must be moved 



Port Arthur 



1238 1 





NOS Chart Numbers 11323, 11326, 11327, 11328 

 Galveston Entrance, Galveston Bay, Houston Ship Channel 



Rollover 



0971 





Galveston Pleasure Pier 



1510 1 



NOS long-term, open-Gulf station 



Galveston Pier 21 



1450 1 



NOS long-term station 



Galveston Bay Entrance 



1416 1 





Point Bolivar 



1328 1 





Eagle Point 



1013 1 





Clear Lake 



0933 1 



Uncertain if this station is necessary - needs detailed 

 evaluation 



j Lynchburg Landing 



0733 1 





Morgan's Point 



06131 





Round Point 



0559 





NOS Chart Numbers 11316, 11319, 11321, 11322 

 Freeport East Matagorda Bay, Colorado River 



Freeport 



2440 1 



NOS long-term station 



East Matagorda 



3001 1 





Colorado River Locks 





Recommended placing long-term gauge at confluence of 

 GIWW and Colorado River 



NOS Chart Numbers 11316, 11317 

 Colorado River Navigation Channel, Matagorda Bay, Espiritu Santo Bay 



Rawlings 



3304 



Overlap record with a new Colorado R. Navigation 

 Channel Entrance Station, then remove 



Mouth of Colorado River 

 Navigation Channel 





If maintenance of the CR Navigation Channel will continue, 

 then recommend installation of open-Gulf station on the 

 north jetty and removal of Rawlings 



Entrance of GIWW land 

 cut to Matagorda Bay 





Establish short-term station to determine tidal 

 characteristics in central portion of bay and compare to 

 Port O'Conner and Port Lavaca stations 



Matagorda Ship Channel 

 short- or long-term station 





Establish station on bay side of the ship channel and 

 compare to Port O'Conner to determine differences; if 

 similar characteristics, remove Matagorda Ship Channel 

 gauge and retain Port O'Conner gauge 



Port Lavaca 



3259 1 





Port O'Conner 



3701 





Espiritu Santo Bay short- 

 term station 





Establish short-term station to determine tidal 

 characteristics between Port O'Conner and San Antonio 

 Bay 



Victoria Barge Canal long- 

 term station 





Establish station reporting water level and wind 



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Chapter 6 Conclusions and Recommendations 



